Rebecca

Alright, I arrived at the rehearal hall to start setting up for the day, and I just clenched. I have let this show get to me to the point where I am psychsomatically getting frustrated just by walking in the door. So I am going to improve my mood by sharing with all of you the one joke that is guaranteed to make me laugh. Now, this isn't a great joke. If I'm in a really good mode I will maybe chuckle at this joke. But if I am overtired, or hugely frustrated, or having an awful day, this joke makes me guffaw. There are two parts.

Part IQ: Why did the monkey fall out of the tree?

A: Because it was dead.

*giggle*

Part IIQ: Why did the chicken fall out of the tree?

A: Because it was stapled to the monkey!

*laughs hysterically* I have spent an hour in a parking lot late at night after some show debating the attachment method in re: chicken to monkey. Staples have always won (though if you're doing a lighting call safety chaining the chicken to the monkey is also acceptable).

I hope other people find this amusing. Have a great weekend everyone who is getting one.

Yeah, that is a good joke. I have heard a variation of it where there are two monkeys, but making the second one a chicken actually makes it better for me. Why would the chicken be up in the tree in the first place?

The attachment method is up to the teller, though both the gaff tape and tie line lose a certain amount of the shiny you get with staples. But really, you can tell the joke and just make it whatever you have in your hands at that moment.